PLEASE INCLUDE THIS FORM AS THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE ELECTRONIC VERSION YOU SEND TO THE REB.

INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH AN ANONYMOUS QUESTIONNAIRE (ONLY INCLUDE THE MENTION “ANONYMOUS” IF THIS IS THE CASE)

INDICATE THE TITLE OF YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT HERE (REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL INSTRUCTIONS IN GREY BEFORE SUBMITTING THE DOCUMENT TO THE REB.)

The following pages contain an anonymous questionnaire, which we invite you to complete. This questionnaire was developed as part of a INDICATE WHETHER IT IS A MASTER’S THESIS, DOCTORAL THESIS OR RESEARCH PROJECT at HEC Montréal.

Since your first impressions best reflect your true opinions, we would ask that you please answer the questions included in this questionnaire without any hesitation. There is no time limit for completing the questionnaire, although we have estimated that it should take about SPECIFY minutes.

The information collected will be anonymous (ONLY INCLUDE THE MENTION “ANONYMOUS” IF THIS IS THE CASE) and will remain strictly confidential. It will be used solely for the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of the overall results in academic or professional forums.

The online data collection provider agrees to refrain from disclosing any personal information (or any other information concerning participants in this study) to any other users or to any third party, unless the respondent expressly agrees to such disclosure or unless such disclosure is required by law.

You are free to refuse to participate in this project and you may decide to stop answering the questions at any time. By completing this questionnaire, you will be considered as having given your consent to participate in our research project and to the potential use of data collected from this questionnaire in future research.

If you have any questions about this research, please contact the principal investigator, INDICATE YOUR NAME, at the telephone number or email address indicated below.

HEC Montréal’s Research Ethics Board has determined that the data collection related to this study meets the ethics standards for research involving humans. If you have any questions related to ethics, please contact the REB secretariat at (514) 340-6051 or by email at .

Thank you for your valuable cooperation!

First name Last name
Master’s or Ph.D. student
HEC Montréal
514-340-xxxx
/ First name Last name
Title or the supervisor or co-investigator
HEC Montréal
514-340-xxxx

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